The Naked Pravda

Meduza’s English-language podcast, The Naked Pravda highlights how our top reporting intersects with

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In the days since Vladimir Putin ordered a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Western world has imp

On February 21, Vladimir Putin delivered a nearly hour-long televised lecture on Soviet history, des

Meduza spoke to the two hosts of a special project organized by the Monterey Initiative in Russian S

Three decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Eastern European breakaway states of Trans

January 2022 kicked off with a flurry of tense diplomatic talks between Russian and Western official

In the past two weeks, Russia has demonstrated its capacity to project military power at different c

On this week’s show, The Naked Pravda looks back at some of the journalism and scholarly work in 202

Human rights law in Russia

2021/12/12

The lawyers and journalists who worked with the Team 29 project specialized in Russia’s most hopeles

Earlier this week, events in space flirted with a real-life adaptation of Alfonso Cuarón’s 2013 moti

Russian gas in Europe

2021/10/16

Our main story this week is Russia’s place in Europe’s energy crisis. Political risk analyst Nick Tr

Our main story this week is the treason case against Ilya Sachkov, the 35-year-old CEO of the cybers

Earlier this month, Moscow was one of just a few regions in Russia to offer electronic voting in thr

Khalimat Taramova is only 22 years old, but she’s been through a lot, especially in the past two wee

Last week, investigative journalists at Meduza and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty revealed that a R

On May 13, a Ukrainian court placed pro-Kremlin oligarch and lawmaker Viktor Medvedchuk under round-

As you may have learned from the crowdfunding banners now adorning this website, the Russian authori

A lot has happened this month. On the world stage, Russia’s relations with the Czech Republic starte

This week, the Biden administration rolled out the latest round of U.S. sanctions against Russia, sl

Last month, the Siberian branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences decided to withhold public access

When it comes to carrying out repressions, the Russian government’s reach isn’t limited by its own b